“Cloud Dance” was chosen as the color of 2026

The Pantone Institute, which takes the color pulse of the world every year, this time instead of intense and exciting colors, it has gone for a visual refuge.

The color of the year 2026 is Cloud Dancer with PANTONE code 11-4201. This color is a kind of quiet and modest white, which promises silence and contemplation just like the view above the clouds.

In a world where we are bombarded with an endless stream of information and images every day, choosing such a color is a powerful statement. Pantone describes Cloud Dancer as “balanced and airy,” and sees it as a response to our growing desire to distance ourselves from overstimulation.

This color is an invitation to reduce the “visual noise” in our daily and digital life. It’s as if designers and artists, and maybe all of us, are looking for a space for pause, for thoughtful thought instead of constant acceleration.